Lifebuoys and fire-
extinguishers
to be carried
on board.
Director to be notified of any accident,
Compliance with "InternA- Gonal Collision Regulations.
(Anner B to che
Final Act of the International Con- ference on Safeer or Late at Sea, (960)
(2) When notifying the Director under paragraph (1) the owner of a pleasure vessel shall submit to the Director the licence issued in respect of the vesse].
(3) On receipt of notification under paragraph (1) the Direc- tor shall cancel the licence issued in respect of the pleasure vessel.
(4) Any person who contravenes paragraph (1) or (2) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fing of one thousand dollars.
11. (1) Every pleasure vessel shall have on board at least two lifebuoys and at least one fire-extinguisher or such other number of lifebuoys or fire-extinguishers as the Director may specify at the time of licensing of the vessel.
(2) Every such lifebuoy and every such fire-extinguisher shall be suitable for use in the pleasure vessel in which they are carried and shall be maintained at all times in efficient working order.
(3) No pleasure vessel shall have on board a fire-extinguisher containing an extinguishing medium which, at any time, whether or not in use, emits gases harmful to human beings.
(4) Any person who is in charge of a pleasure vessel which does not comply with any provision of this regulation shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine of one thousand dollars.
12. (1) Where, as the result of an accident involving a pleasure vessel, any damage is sustained by any vessel or any injury is suffered by any person, the person for the time being in charge of a pleasure vessel which is involved in the accident sball, within forty-eight hours after the accident, supply the Director with full particulars of the damage sustained by any vessel and the injury suffered by any person.
(2) Any person who contravenes paragraph (1) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine of one thousand dollars.
13. (1) Subject to paragraph (2), any person in charge of a pleasure vessel which is under way in the waters of Hong Kong shall comply with the rules specified in the International Regula- tions for Preventing Collisions at Sea 1960.
(2) If the Director has, under paragraph (5) of regulation 3, endorsed the licence issued in respect of a pleasure vessel with a condition that it shall not be used at any time between sunset and
sunrise the person in charge of the pleasure vessel shall be exempt from the requirement to comply with rules 2 to 14 (inclusive) specified in the International Regulations for Preventing Colli- sions at Sea 1960 when the vessel is under way in the waters of Hong Kong between sunrise and sunset.
14. (1) The Director may
(a) require any pleasure vessel to be anchored, secured or
moored at any place.
(b) prohibit any pleasure vessel from being anchored,
secured or moored at any place; or
(c) require any pleasure vessel to be moved from any place
in the waters of Hong Kong to any other such place. (2) Any person in charge of a pleasure vessel who fails to comply with a direction given by the Director under this regula- tion shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine of one thousand dollars.
15. (1) The Director may by notice published in the Gazette specify mooring areas in the waters of Hong Kong for use for the mooring of pleasure vessels.
(2) No pleasure vessel shall, when not in use, be moored. anchored or otherwise secured in the waters of Hong Kong except in a specified mooring area or in any place required by the Direc tor under paragraph (1) of regulation 14.
(3) No pleasure vessel shall, when not in use, be moored in a specified mooring area without the permission of the Director,
(4) The appropriate fee proscribed in the Merchant Shipping (Fees) Regulations shall be paid to the Director in respect of all moorings in a specified mooring area.
(5) All moorings in a specified mooring area shall be laid in accordance with the directions of the Director,
(6) No mooring shall be laid in the waters of Hong Kong outside the specified mooring areas without the approval of the Director.
(7) In the event of the contravention of paragraph (2) or (3) the owner of the pleasure vessel concerned shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine of one thousand dollars.
(B) Any person who contravenes paragraph (5) or (6) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine of one thousand dollars.
Directions by the Director.
Mooring of pleasure vessela.
ĮCup. 281, nub. Sep.)
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